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buddhist readers sangha: December 2012
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Friday, December 7, 2012. Elisabeth - "Sounds True" podcast by Jeff Foster. Claudine - speaking skillfully is very difficult! Remembers Mark R. saying that if you speak skillfully there is very little to say. Constance - using speech just to do practical things? Mary Ann - recent experience with a friend who wanted to be confrontational. How to avoid the bait. Gale - after spending long times in silence, notices how much "conversation" is just a filler. Next meeting Sunday December 9. Read to page 222.
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buddhist readers sangha: September 2013
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. A replay of last month. Meet and eat at Constance's (Sunday Sept.15) and again a 10:30 start. Please finish the book for discussion. If you haven't already, email Constance with any food preferences and to let her know if you will be coming. Happy fall all :-). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Email Nadine at nadinebuckinger@me.com or Bob at bobndharma@gmail.com. Mindfulness in Plain English. Chapel Hill Zen Center. North Carolina Zen Center. Southern Dharma Retreat Center.
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buddhist readers sangha: June 2013
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Thursday, June 20, 2013. We will meet at Gale's on Sunday July 21st. Bob will email out directions if you do not have them. Since we did not end up meeting this month, we will discuss June's chapters. Feel free to read ahead :-). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Email Nadine at nadinebuckinger@me.com or Bob at bobndharma@gmail.com. Mindfulness in Plain English. Chapel Hill Zen Center. North Carolina Zen Center. Southern Dharma Retreat Center.
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buddhist readers sangha: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Good day readers,. The following is a quick reference to the trajectory of the discussion. The value of Batchelor exploring what is unique to Buddhism as opposed to what was taken from Hindu society. Short instruction regarding the traditional view on samsara came out of a question about why ending the cycle of rebirth would be enlightenment. The trap of thinking there is a self, and how it is that which is constantly creating karma. Will be on October 21, 2012. We meet on ...
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buddhist readers sangha: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013. January Meeting brings a New Book! Our new book is Recovering A Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry. By Carolyn Tobin. Thank you to Ken for ordering copies for us. The book cost is $15 (please reimburse Ken directly). We will meet Sunday February 24. Please read up to page 75. Have a great month all! To read about an upcoming Thomas Berry retreat, click here. Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Forgiveness and Criminal Justice. Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times.
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buddhist readers sangha: September Meeting
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. A replay of last month. Meet and eat at Constance's (Sunday Sept.15) and again a 10:30 start. Please finish the book for discussion. If you haven't already, email Constance with any food preferences and to let her know if you will be coming. Happy fall all :-). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Email Nadine at nadinebuckinger@me.com or Bob at bobndharma@gmail.com. Mindfulness in Plain English. Chapel Hill Zen Center. North Carolina Zen Center. Southern Dharma Retreat Center.
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buddhist readers sangha: August Meeting
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Our August meeting will be on Sunday August 18 in High Point at Constance's (Bob will email directions). We will meet at 10:30 instead of 10:00 and stay for lunch afterwards. Thanks Constance! Please read chapters 4-6 for discussion. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Email Nadine at nadinebuckinger@me.com or Bob at bobndharma@gmail.com. Mindfulness in Plain English. Chapel Hill Zen Center. North Carolina Zen Center. Southern Dharma Retreat Center.
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buddhist readers sangha: April 2013
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Sunday, April 7, 2013. We will meet on April 21st at C&G's. Please have read the article by Joan Sutherland, "What is Enlightenment? That was emailed by Bob last month. Also, a follow-up bonus article from Gale. Click here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Email Nadine at nadinebuckinger@me.com or Bob at bobndharma@gmail.com. Mindfulness in Plain English. Chapel Hill Zen Center. North Carolina Zen Center. Southern Dharma Retreat Center.
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buddhist readers sangha: August 2012
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Synopsis of August Meeting. Some found this section easier than the first one we read. Though it was pointed out that the writer was addressing a group of advanced students in detailed aspects of practice and that without knowing the Tibetan culture and history, this could make understanding a daunting task. But that if ideas are understood as metaphors our understanding may ripen into something useful regardless of cultural bias. Three of us had a mini-discussion on Boredom ver...